Have any exciting news you’d like to share with the chapter?

Send your news and any photos you would like to share to: sttibbwebmaster@gmail.com

News can be anything you wish to share, such as a promotion, a new job, a new certification, a wedding, a new baby, a new program of study you are pursuing, and anything else you want to share. If you send photos and you would like to have the individuals in the photos identified, please add the names of each person and indicate where they are in the photograph.

Note: Regularly scheduled chapter meetings are on the 2nd Tues each month at 5 pm, at Lucille’s of Houston. The address is 5512 LaBranch, Houston. IMPORTANT: There is a free parking lot across the street.

Next Beta Beta Book Club Meeting will be Thursday, February 22nd. The next book:

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Attention: Volunteer Opportunities

Beta Beta Houston is getting ready for our annual recruitment event. Invitations are being processed to invite new candidates to an Orientation Meeting scheduled for Monday, March 5, 2018, at 5:30 pm in room 2120 at TWU. The Induction Ceremony will be at 7 pm, Friday, April 27, 2018, in room 2120 at TWU for these new members.

Your help is needed!Volunteers are needed to assist with both functions. Come and serve your Chapter.

Have any exciting news you’d like to share with the chapter?

Send your news and any photos you would like to share to: sttibbwebmaster@gmail.com

News can be anything you wish to share, such as a promotion, a new job, a new certification, a wedding, a new baby, a new program of study you are pursuing, and anything else you want to share. If you send photos and you would like to have the individuals in the photos identified, please add the names of each person and indicate where they are in the photograph.

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From Your New STTI BB Webmaster!

Hello! My name is Shanae Williams, BS, RN. I am a recent TWU graduate. I was inducted into this lovely organization in April 2017.

Determined not to just join, I decided that I wanted to be an active part of the organization. So when Dr. Mary Anne Vincent sent the email regarding becoming the webmaster I swiftly responded due to my love for nursing and computers. Dr. Vincent will be retiring from her webmaster position and I will be taking over as the new webmaster for Beta Beta Houston Chapter starting December 2017.

There will be no big changes to the process as it stands today. I will continue to use the sttibbwebmaster@gmail.com email address and I will maintain the website and the newsletter.

I am very honored to be your new webmaster! I aspire to be as wonderful and skillful a webmaster as my predecessor and mentor. So during this transition and afterward, I would like everyone who has updates and information to continue to send it all to this email address and to give me at least five (5) business days to update the website and/or newsletter. There will be times when I can do it faster, however, expect to see the changes within at least five (5) business days.

Important Note About the Website

If you have been sending us material to post on the website but have been frustrated because you are still not seeing it on there, please know that Dr. Vincent and I share your frustration — as we have been unable to edit it for a few weeks now. We have been in contact with STTI national about this. The central person who handles this is currently on maternity leave and her stand-in has been talking to the technology department about this problem. Thank you for your patience!

Monthly Chapter Meetings

The December 2017 meeting has been cancelled – our holiday celebration was held in November.

Regularly scheduled chapter meetings are on the 2nd Tues each month at 5 pm, at Lucille’s of Houston. The address is: 5512 LaBranch, Houston IMPORTANT: There is a free parking lot across street.

Community Baby Shower

Beta Beta Houston members participated in the Elnita McClain 3rd Annual Community Baby Shower at the Elnita McClain Women Center, 2223 Arbor in Houston on November 18th, 2017, from 10am -1pm.

Honoring Our Soldiers

Please join us in raising funds for Wreaths Across America-Houston – and for our very own Beta Beta Houston Chapter. Raising money to place a live Maine wreath upon all of the almost 70,000 fallen hero’s grave sites at the Houston National Cemetery is a truly humbling experience. Part of the donations are given to the STTI Beta Beta Chapter.

Mark your calendars for the WAAHouston Laying of the Wreaths 2017 Event:

National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77038

Saturday, December 16th, at 11:00 am

For more information, contact: Akoci@twu.edu

Beta Beta Book Club News

Have any exciting news you’d like to share with the chapter?

Send your news and any photos you would like to share to: sttibbwebmaster@gmail.com

News can be anything you wish to share, such as a promotion, a new job, a new certification, a wedding, a new baby, a new program of study you are pursuing, and anything else you want to share. If you send photos and you would like to have the individuals in the photos identified, please add the names of each person and indicate where they are in the photograph.

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President’s Holiday Message

The holiday season is almost upon us. Let us all pause and ask what we can do for our community. This year Beta Beta is involved in three service projects. We are also having a Holiday Celebration Dinner. We invite our members to join us in the festivities and community outreach work.

Monthly Chapter Meetings

Chapter meetings are on the 2nd Tues each month at 5 pm, location is Lucille’s of Houston.

BB Houston at the Biennial Convention

Intercampus collegiality

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Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser

They are called “pop-tops,” “pop tabs,” or “soda rings.”

Beta Beta-Houston continues to collect pop-tops to raise money for Ronald McDonald House. Bring your pop-tops to any of our meetings or activities.

Honoring Our Soldiers

Imagine 400 motorcycles followed by ten 18 wheelers entering into the Houston National Cemetery while hundreds of people stand waiting to put 75,000 wreaths on our soldiers’ graves. Last year Beta Beta Houston provided 737 of those wreaths. Our goal is to increase that number to 1000 wreathes this holiday season.

Since 2011 our STTI Beta Beta Houston chapter has partnered with Wreaths Across America Houston (WAAHouston) whose mission is to honor our military as they “remember, honor, teach.” It is a privilege to partner with WAAHouston in this service project and place a wreath on each veteran’s site at the Houston National Cemetery.

Please join us in raising funds for Wreaths Across America-Houston – and for our very own Beta Beta Houston Chapter. Raising money to place a live Maine wreath upon all of the almost 70,000 fallen hero’s gravesites at the Houston National Cemetery is a truly humbling experience. Part of the money donated to this cause is given to the STTI Beta Beta Chapter. Here is a link to that webpage.

Mark your calendars for the WAAHouston Laying of the Wreaths 2017 Event:

National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77038

Saturday, December 16th, at 11:00 am

For more information, contact:Akoci@twu.edu

Beta Beta Book Club News

The Houston Beta Beta STTI Chapter has a multi-professional, multi-STTI chapter book club that meets every month at The Raven Grill, 1916 Bissonnet in Houston. The November book is entitled, The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to betabetahouston@gmail.com[Click here for a flyer.]

Help Wanted!

BB Houston needs SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGERS for Twitter, Instagram, a Facebook page, and LinkedIn. You are welcome to only manage one of these if you prefer. Also, you can represent us on a social media platform that is not listed here, just let us know. Those interested should contact Mary Anne Vincent at mvincent2@twu.edu

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President’s Message

Harvey has wreaked havoc on the city of Houston and surrounding counties. I am humbled and proud that our Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau Beta Beta Houston Chapter nurses were at the forefront if this disaster. Many of you worked and slept in your healthcare organizations for days to care for your patients. The shelters were filled with STTI nurses who volunteered their time to assist with urgent care needs. And for those of you who lost your home and all our belongings, I know your fortitude – the ability to encounter danger with courage – was a saving grace that gave your family and neighbors the hope that was so needed during that time. Thank you to all of you for the mission/service work you did and continue to do during these difficult times.

Looking forward, we are returning to our nursing roots. Dr. Tony Paterniti, RN is our speaker for our annual fall forum on October 20th: Far More Than The Lady With the Lamp: Myths and Reality Dispelled (see our flyer). Dr. Paterniti’s connection to Florence Nightingale is an aspirational one; Nightingale represents the nursing profession and her history is the history of nursing. Over time, Paterniti has devoted years of research to bring together a unique collection of memorabilia, books, artifacts, and letters that give a fuller picture to the guiding light of the nursing profession.

We are collecting pop-top tabs as a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House. A collection box will be available at the registration desk at the fall forum. If everyone just brings a few, they will add up fast 🙂

Consider entering our 10th Annual Essay Contest. Applicants submit an essay of 500 words or less from their perspective on the topic of: “How has Florence Nightingale influenced your decision to become a nurse or influenced you in your nursing career?”

First place ($100)

Second place ($50)

Winners will be announced at the Fall Forum. Only electronic submissions by October 13, 2017, to dmontgomery@twu.edu

Our STTI Beta Beta Chapter meetings will be open to all members during my tenure as President. My hope is, with your help, that our chapter can become the chapter that meets the needs of all members, is of service to our community, and that is becoming a chapter that we never dreamed it could be. Our next meeting is October 11th at 5 pm at the Antica Osteria Italian Restaurant at 2311 Bissonnet St. Houston, 77005. Valet parking is available.

Far More Than The Lady With The Lamp, Myths and Reality Dispelled

BB Houston Membership Accolades

New FAAN Inductee

Dr. Anne Koci, PhD, RN will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing on October 7th! This is quite a professional achievement. Please join us in congratulating her!

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Helping Harvey Survivors

Natalie Willis and friends volunteering at NRG stadium during hurricane Harvey. Many Beta Beta Houston chapter members were busy serving the community after the hurricane. Good job!!

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First Nursing Job!

Amy Rohmer (May 2017 TWU Houston) has just accepted her first nursing job at Baton Rouge General Hospital as an operating room nurse! Her husband was transferred to Baton Rouge over the summer. Please join us in congratulating her!

Nursing Education Industry Promotion

Bring Your Pop-tops to Fall Forum 2017!

They are called “pop-tops,” “pop tabs,” or “soda rings.”

Beta Beta-Houston is collecting pop-tops as a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House. Please save the pop-tops over the summer and fall and bring them to Fall Forum on Friday, October 20, 2017. A collection box will be available at the registration desk.

Wreaths Across America – Houston

Since 2011 our STTI Beta Beta Houston chapter has partnered with Wreaths Across America Houston (WAAHouston) whose mission is to honor our military as they “remember, honor, teach.” It is a privilege to partner with WAAHouston in this service project and place a wreath on each veteran’s site at the Houston National Cemetery. Come join us to honor our military and to remember our loved ones.

Please join us in raising funds for Wreaths Across America-Houston – and for our very own Beta Beta Houston Chapter. Raising money to place a live Maine wreath upon all of the almost 70,000 fallen hero’s gravesites at the Houston National Cemetery is a truly humbling experience. Part of the money donated to this cause is given to the STTI Beat Beta Chapter. Here is a link to that webpage.

Beta Beta Book Club News

The Houston Beta Beta STTI Chapter has a multi-professional, multi-STTI chapter book club that meets every month at The Raven Grill, 1916 Bissonnet in Houston. The October book is entitled, Dead Men Do Tell Tales, by William Maples. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to betabetahouston@gmail.com[Click here for a flyer.]

Help Wanted!

BB Houston needs SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGERS for Twitter, Instagram, a Facebook page, and LinkedIn. You are welcome to only manage one of these if you prefer. Also, you can represent us on a social media platform that is not listed here, just let us know. Those interested should contact Dr. Mary Anne Vincent at mvincent2@twu.edu

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Hurricane Harvey

Hope everyone is staying safe as we grapple with the throes of Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath…. We have not heard from anyone so far. Godspeed to all!

Monthly Chapter Meetings

CANCELLED: Wednesday, September 13th at 5 pm.

Wednesday, October 11th at 5 pm, location to be announced.

After October: Meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 5 pm, location to be announced.

Fall Forum 2017 – Save the Date!

Fall Forum will happen on October 20th, 2017, at the TWU Campus. Further details to come!

Membership Achievements

Dr. Olinda Johnson Ph.D., RNC, CNS and Dr. Cynthia J. Hickman Ph.D., MSN/Ed., RN-BC attended the National Black Nurses Annual Conference at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada July 31th- August 4th, 2017. The theme for the conference was Nursing Innovations: Building a Healthy Community.Dr. Cynthia J. Hickman spoke to the National Black Nurses Annual Conference in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 31th- August 4th, 2017, about her dissertation topic: The Influences of Nutritional Food Label Understanding in African American Women with Obesity born during the baby-boomer era. Over 150 attendees attended the session.

Save Your Pop-tops!

Beta Beta-Houston is collecting pop-tops for Ronald McDonald House. Please save the pop-tops over the summer and fall and bring them to Fall Forum on Friday, October 20, 2017. A collection box will be available by the registration desk.

Beta Beta Book Club News

The Houston Beta Beta STTI Chapter has a multi-professional, multi-STTI chapter book club that meets every month at The Raven Grill, 1916 Bissonnet in Houston. The September book is entitled, Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak that Changed the Way Americas Eat, by Jeff Benedict. If you wish to attend, RSVP to betabetahouston@gmail.com[Click here for a flyer.]

Social Media – Help Wanted!

The BB Houston Tech Squad is here! We have branched out more fully into social media. We need managers for Twitter, Instagram, a Facebook page, and LinkedIn. If you would like to represent us on a social media platform that is not listed here, please contact me and we will add you to the group!

We need you!

What you will get from volunteering your social media services to the Beta Beta Houston chapter:

1) You’ll receive personalized leadership mentoring. We can discuss/agree on the terms.
2) You’ll get non-voting membership on the Beta Beta Houston Board of Directors’ Publicity Committee. You add that to your resume or CV. You will be an official BBHouston Tech Squad member. You can also be part of creating this group by consensus with the other group members.
3) You will help design how this committee is organized. You will learn about leadership and governance and about other things like computer programming and cyber security, if interested.
4) Your work will be recognized by the chapter for your service each year.

Monthly Chapter Meetings

After October: Meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 5 pm, location to be announced.

Fall Forum 2017 – Save the Date!

Fall Forum will happen on October 20th, 2017, at the TWU Campus. Further details to come!

Save Your Pop-tops!

Beta Beta-Houston is collecting pop-tops for Ronald McDonald House. Please save the pop-tops over the summer and fall and bring them to Fall Forum on Friday, October 20, 2017. A collection box will be available by the registration desk.

Beta Beta Book Club News

The Houston Beta Beta STTI Chapter has a multi-professional, multi-STTI chapter book club that meets every month at The Raven Grill, 1916 Bissonnet in Houston. The August book is entitled, Reaching Past the Wire: A Nurse at Abu Ghraib by Deanna Germain. If you wish to attend, RSVP to betabetahouston@gmail.com[Click here for a flyer.]

June 20, 2017 – The Beta Beta Book Club attended an author appearance and book signing at Brazos Bookstore. The book was The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness by Jennifer Latson. The author is pictured above with attendees Adrian Melissinos (Beta Beta Houston) and Audrey Barnett (Zeta Pi). Photo courtesy of Judy Fred.

July 11, 2017 – The Beta Beta Book Club met for dinner at Lucille’s and then met author and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs at a book signing at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. This event will be coordinated with a reading of Dead Men Do Tell Tales in the coming months. Beta Beta member Rebecca Aulbach is arranging a tour of the forensic anthropology lab at Sam Houston State University in conjunction with our reading. Stay tuned for more information! Pictured from left: Judy McFarlane, Adrian Melissinos, Cynthia Hickman, and Melissa Gilhart

Social Media – Help Wanted!

The BB Houston Tech Squad is here! We have branched out more fully into social media. We need managers for Twitter, Instagram, a Facebook page, and LinkedIn. If you would like to represent us on a social media platform that is not listed here, please contact me and we will add you to the group!

We need you!

What you will get from volunteering your social media services to the Beta Beta Houston chapter:

1) You’ll receive personalized leadership mentoring. We can discuss/agree on the terms.
2) You’ll get non-voting membership on the Beta Beta Houston Board of Directors’ Publicity Committee. You add that to your resume or CV. You will be an official BBHouston Tech Squad member. You can also be part of creating this group by consensus with the other group members.
3) You will help design how this committee is organized. You will learn about leadership and governance and about other things like computer programming and cyber security, if interested.
4) Your work will be recognized by the chapter for your service each year.

Community Event Announcements

Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) is hosting the 3rd Annual Nursing Professional Day on August 30, 2017, for the Texas Medical Center, the West Campus, and The Woodlands locations. Click here for more information.